Klaus Kjellerup

Danish songwriter, producer, musician and journalist, born 1954 in Copenhagen, leader of [a521401] with singer [a5393309]. Started out as bass player in jazz-rock fusion band [a1605061] in 1976, then founded the popular pop/reggae band Tøsedrengene with his childhood friend Henrik Stanley Møller in 1978. He left Tøsedrengene in 1983, and worked solo through the 1980's, then founded Danser med Drenge in 1991 with deceased singer [a4799969].

While Kjellerup never had much success as a solo artist, he has been quite successful as producer and songwriter in bands like Tøsedrengene and [a521401], who have had many albums and songs at the top of the Danish charts through the four decades since 1980. Of note is his work as songwriter for female singers [a5393309], [a1051948] and [a4799969] in Danser med Drenge, for whom he wrote the hit songs 13006533, 14837614 and 14267876 - and for Anne Dorte Michelsen in Tøsedrengene for whom he wrote 2869672 and 'Ud Under Åben Himmel'. He has also co-written many songs with Anne Dorte Michelsen for her solo albums and wrote the music for her top songs 1424829 and 6469505.